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In a city near me, they gave officers the discretion to either write people a ticket, or haul them to jail, for personal amounts of marijuana. After a few month
by stronglikedan 6y ago
In a city near me, they gave officers the discretion to either write people a ticket, or haul them to jail, for personal amounts of marijuana. After a few months, it was reported that not a single ticket had been written. I don't think most officers know what "discretion" means. Sad state of affairs, that.
- pc86 6y agoA police officer always has the option to do nothing, so I'm not sure that needs to be enumerated.
- stronglikedan 6y agoIt's not that cut and dry. Police officers have a duty to uphold the law. They swear an oath to be faithful to that duty. Thankfully, that still means something to most people. However, when given a choice as to how to uphold the law, they often take the low road, unfortunately.
- cheweh 6y agoWarren v. District of Columbia held that police have no legal duty to provide police services to citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia